absorbable gelatin film

absorbable gelatin film
[USP] a sterile, nonantigenic, absorbable, water-insoluble sheet of gelatin, used as an aid in surgical closure and repair of defects, as in the dura mater or pleura or after ocular surgery, and as a local hemostatic.

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